Mayor of Athens, Giorgos Kaminis, is on an official visit to New York, where he will meet on May 15 with the Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, at the New York City Hall. Earlier, he will have a meeting with Archbishop Demetrios of America. Kaminis and his associates accompanying him, will also have a separate workshop meeting [...]
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Ieronymos Praises Diaspora In Greek History
The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos described the Diaspora as a “great chapter of our history” and as “Greece outside the borders of Greece” in an interview with the New York newspaper The National Herald. He is the first Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church to officially visit the Greek-American community in the [...]
Obama Urged To Protect Patriarch
Archbishop Demetrios of America has sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, urging him to exert influence in order to ensure the protection of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. According to an announcement of the Archdiocese of America “just when publications in the Turkish press and other media were released, referring to the assassination plan [...]
Nicholas Kiriakakis Sentenced For Charges Stemming From Teaneck Killings
A Greek nightclub owner in Queens was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for a drug conspiracy that left two men shot to death on a street in Teaneck three years ago, NorthJersey.com reported. Nicholas Kiriakakis, 29, must serve 6 1/2 years of the sentence before being eligible for parole. Superior Court Judge Liliana [...]
Snowe’s Book Urges Bipartisanship
Former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, a Maine Republican who stunned the political world when she decided last year against running for re-election because she was disenchanted with political bickering between parties, says in her upcoming book that rivals should learn to work together for the good of the country. In an interview with the Associated [...]
Stavridis Appointed Dean At Fletcher School
US Navy admiral James George Stavridis, who is now NATO’s Commander, will assume the position of Dean at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, which borders Boston. He will take the post on July 1. Stavridis’ current position also makes him head of the U.S. European Command and he is the [...]
Greece Ranks Low In Press Freedom
Greece has been placed among the countries that are only Partly Free in Freedom of the Press 2013 in a report from the non-profit organization Freedom House, the headquarters of which are in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. Greece was evaluated with the total score of 41 compared to 30 in 2012. Greece ranks 85th among [...]
Hellenic Caucus Backs Cypriot Reunification
The Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues in the U.S. introduced a non-binding resolution in the House of Representatives, stating that the U.S. remains committed to the Cypriot reunification issue. The resolution also emphasizes that any attempt to impose a settlement at this time is condemned, given the current economic crisis that the Republic of Cyprus [...]
Archbishop Ieronymos To Visit USA
The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos II will visit the US from May 15-23 at the invitation of Archbishop Demetrios of America. Archbishop Ieronymos will begin his visit in Boston where he will be the guest of honor at the Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC), which will [...]
Greeks Fleeing Crisis For Astoria, N.Y.
Greece’s crushing economic crisis has flooded Dimitris Pinos with Greek applicants looking for work at his supermarket in the heavily-Greek-American neighborhood of Astoria, N.Y., people who’ve fled their homeland in search of a better life. Pinos has been the manager Mediterranean Foods for 33 years and said he’s overwhelmed with Greeks who’ve moved to the [...]
Dendias Visits FBI and NYPD
Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias had a meeting with members of the FBI and other relevant departments of the United States where they discussed safety issues. On April 26, Dendias visited the Joint Operational Center of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the U.S. and the New York Police Department (NYPD) and was informed [...]
Memorial For First Greek U.S. Congressman
On Saturday, April 20, in a modest and moving ceremony in the city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a memorial dedicated to the Philhellene Colonel Jonathan Peckham Miller and to his adopted son, Lucas Miltiadis Miller, who was the first Greek American U.S. Congressman, was unveiled. The memorial was erected by the American Philhellenes Society, who pursues [...]
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